Cross Index Nitrosomonas
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Aerobic Chemolithotrophic Bacteria
Compare Nitrifying bacteria:

Sulfur Oxidizing Acidiphilium Macromonas, Thermothrix thiopara Thiobacillus, Thiobacterium, Thiodendron latens, Thiomicrospira, Thiosphaera, Thiospira, Thiovulum majus

Hydrogen Bacteria: Hydrogenbacter thermophilus

Iron & Manganese bacteria: Aquaspirillum , Bilophococcus, Gallionella ferrunginea, Leptospirillum, Metallogenium , Naumanniella, Ochrobium tectum, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans, Siderocapsa, Siderococcus limoniticus,

Contrast Archaea
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Morphology Nitrosomonas
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative.
Morphology Ellipsoidal or rod-shaped cells. Cell shape and size variable between strains. Cells occur singly or, rarely, in chains
Motility Motile or nonmotile.
Specialized structures cells grow free in media or are embedded in a slime matrix. Cells reproduce by binary fission. Cells have intracytoplasmic membranes arranged as flattened vesicles primarily in the peripheral region of the cytoplasm.
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COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
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Growth Parameters Nitrosomonas
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism Chemolithotrophs; cells can grow mixotrophically but not heterotrophically
Oxygen Aerobic
pH pH range for growth: 5.8-8.5.
Temperature Temperature range for growth: 5-30`C.
Requirements The major source of energy and reducing power is from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite.
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ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat Occur in soils, most oceans of the world, lakes, rivers and sewage disposal systems
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Genome Nitrosomonas
G+C Mol % 45-54 (Bd, Tm)
   

 

Reference Nitrosomonas
First citation Winogradsky, S.1892. Contributions a la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arch. Sci. Biol. (St. Petersb) 1:86-137
The Prokaryotes Judicial Commission. 1958. Opinion 23
Bergey's Systematatic p 1822 S.W. Watson, E. Bock, H. Harms, H-P. Koops, and A. B. Hooper.
Bergey's Determinative p 449
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